Grounding techniques to improve the performance of RF coaxial lightning protector
AssigneeLucent Technologies Inc.
InventorsRay Mitchell, Dheenadayalan Moongilan, Kevin Reid, Anatoly Zaytsev
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Abstract
A grounding system for improving the performance of an RF coaxial lightning protector having a housing for containing an RF coaxial lightning protector. The housing has a jack at one end and a plug at the other end. The system also includes a grounding device fabricated from a conductive material, which is connected to the housing and, in turn, connected to a grounding surface. The connections are such that a signal current can pass from the housing to the grounding surface through the grounding device.
Claims8
A grounding system for an RF coaxial lightning protector for directing current to a grounding surface comprising:
- a housing for containing an RF coaxial lightning protector, said housing having a jack at a first end, and a plug at a second end adjacent to said grounding surface;
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- a grounding device fabricated from a conductive material, said grounding device having a body, a ground side connected to said grounding surface and a protector side having a surface defining an opening for receiving and connecting to said jack, said protector side having a bottom surface configured to rest on said first end of said housing to form a current signal path from said housing to said second end of said housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.